My parents Bernard Lonigro and Josephine LaRocca were first generation born Italian Americans. My paternal grandparents, Giacomo Lonigro and Rosalie Serra were born in Altofonte and Terrasini, Sicily. My maternal grandparents, Angelo LaRocca and Vincenza Signorelli were born in Licata and Castelvetrano, Sicily. They all came to the USA and settled in St. Louis in the early 1900's.

Jackie graduated high school from Incarnate Word Academy and retired from the Department of Defense (Army) as a civilian in 1997 with 34 years of service as a Contracting Officer negotiating and administering multi-million dollar Government contracts for various systems to include power generation equipment, air conditioning/refrigeration equipment and Apache helicopters, all utilized by the various branches of the Armed services. In post-government service I was a corporate travel agent for Carlson Wagonlit Travel.

Jacqueline (Jackie) Hale's History with the SCA
I have been a member of the Sicilian Cultural Association since February 2016.
I was elected as an officer in 2018 in the position of Secretary of the organization and have been in that position ever since.